ISBN:
9781139207768
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 208 S.
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
304.20902
Keywords:
Philosophy of nature History To 1500
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Nature Religious aspects
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Civilization, Medieval
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Nature Effect of human beings on To 1500
;
History
;
Human ecology History To 1500
;
Europa
;
Naturverständnis
;
Naturphilosophie
;
Geschichte
;
Human ecology ; Europe ; History ; To 1500
;
Nature ; Effect of human beings on ; Europe ; History ; To 1500
;
Philosophy of nature ; Europe ; History ; To 1500
;
Nature ; Religious aspects
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Civilization, Medieval
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Europe ; History ; 476-1492
;
Europe History 476-1492
Abstract:
This book examines the relationship between humans and nature that evolved in medieval Europe over the course of a millennium. From the beginning, people lived in nature and discovered things about it. Ancient societies bequeathed to the Middle Ages both the Bible and a pagan conception of natural history. These conflicting legacies shaped medieval European ideas about the natural order and what economic, moral and biological lessons it might teach. This book analyzes five themes found in medieval views of nature – grafting, breeding mules, original sin, property rights and disaster – to understand what some medieval people found in nature and what their assumptions and beliefs kept them from seeing
Abstract:
The discovery of nature -- The invention of mules -- Like produces like -- The nature of property -- The nature of disaster -- Conclusion
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DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139207768
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